Animal-yoke.



E. BURTON.

ANIMAL YOKE.

APPLICATION FILED P113. 2, 1909.

Patented m 28, 1912.

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EIQMER BURTON, or ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

ANIMAL-YOKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1912.

Application filed February 2, 1909. Serial No. 475,630.

ful Animal-Yoke; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to-which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to an animal yoke and has for its object to provide a simple, eflicient and durable device of this character designed especially for hogs for preventing them from pushing through wire fences and other kinds of closures.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown, and particularly pointed out in-the appended claim.

In the drawings :Figure l is a side elevation of 'my invention shown applied to a hog. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the invention shown detached. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view showing the construction of the punishment means of the yoke.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate two members of my yoke which is preferably constructed of heavy wire or small iron rods and may be of various sizes. Each of the two members are provided with eyes 3 arranged on the lower end thereof and engage each other, thus forming a pivotal connection between the two members. At a point above the center, each of the two memhers is provided with a coil or loop 4:. These loops are connected together by a stout wire 6. One end of the wire-6 is curved to form a neck engaging prong 7, whereby the animal will be punished by the prong being forced into its flesh when the yoke is engaged by a fence or other obstruction.

The upper ends of the two members are hooked as shown at 5, which hooks are designed to engage a wire of the fence which the hog attempts to pass through. When the hooks 5 engage the wire, immediately above the hog in'addition to resisting his passage, the members will cause a choking action by means of the two members being pivoted at their lower end a. 7

While this invention is designed primarily for the use of hogs, it will be seen that the same could be applied to calves and other small animals.

What I claim is:

An animal yoke comprising two members,

each member being formed of wire, the.

lower ends of said members being curved to engage the under side of an animals neck and provided with engaging loops, each of the members being further formed with loops spaced apart from the upper ends thereof, the upper ends of the members being formed with angular fence engaging ends, and a wire member connecting the loops last mentioned, said wire member having a curved neck engaging end forming a punishment member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELMER BURTON.

IVitnesses: V

ELNORA H001), EMILY S. BATES.

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